Technical Architect

The technical architect role is a part of the delivery organization and carries the responsibility of ensuring high quality solutioning, design and development. It serves as the bridge between complex business problems and enterprise-grade technology solutions.

This role requires a blend of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, client-facing advisory skills, and a hands-on approach to guiding engineering teams through the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Key Responsibilities

Solution architecture and design :

• Macro level understanding of the product/program
• Building out the solution architecture
• Define the technology stack, architectural patterns, and integration strategies
• Defining the AI implementation methodology
  
  

Code Quality

• Establish, document, and enforce robust coding standards, architectural patterns, and design principles across the delivery unit
• Integrate static code analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube) and security scanners into the CI/CD pipeline to automate the detection of technical debt, vulnerabilities, and code smells.
• Ensure the codebase is written for long-term maintainability, optimizing for readability, modularity, and ease of future enhancements by other engineers
• Ensure code review is done across the board, with additional focus on AI generated code
  
  

Team Mentorship

• Identify technical skill gaps within the delivery teams and design upskilling roadmaps, targeted workshops, and hands-on coding sessions
• Act as a technical mentor, guiding high-potential developers toward senior engineering and technical leadership paths within the firm
• Guide team on the use of AI frame works, review the effectiveness and define guardrails, review checklists, security considerations etc
  
  

Product Quality

• Ensure overall product quality standards are met
• Work closely with the QA teams on test strategy and automation
  
  

Customer Engagement

• Engage with Customers on all technical matters
• Help identify opportunities for expansion in the account in adjacent areas, both technical as well as functional
• Carry the responsibility of producing Value Adds
  
  

Skills Required

• Hands on technical skills should be playing a technical architect role currently
• Should be from a product engineering background
• Good communication skills, with the ability to engage CXOs
• Technical curiosity high learning quotient
• Ability to train and mentor junior folks
• Exposure to how AI can be effectively used in Engineering and testing
• Min 10 years overall experience
  
  

(ref:hirist.tech)